araneae - Nuctenea silvicultrix

Description

Male palp with blunt median apophysis. Epigyne with pointed scapus, anteriorly directed. Opisthosoma with margin of folium and sides broad whitish grey.

Body length male: 5.5-6.0 mm
Body length female: 8.0-9.3 mm

Additional information

in narrow crevices on trees and buildings

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2023): Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1931)

Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Maxillae and labium, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1931)

Distribution List

Belarus (Ivanov, 2013) ||| Bulgaria (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia (no references) ||| Estonia (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany (no references) ||| Italy (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Latvia (Cera, 2018) ||| Lithuania (no references) ||| Montenegro (no references) ||| North Macedonia (Deltshev et al., 2013) ||| Norway (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland (no references) ||| Russia, Central (no references) ||| Russia, Eastern (no references) ||| Russia, Kaliningrad Region (no references) ||| Russia, Northern (no references) ||| Russia, Southern (no references) ||| Russia, Western (no references) ||| Serbia (no references) ||| Slovakia (no references) ||| Sweden (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Ukraine (no references) |||

References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152

Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70

Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152

Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages

Wiehle H (1931) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VI. 27: Familie Araneidae. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 23: 47-136

WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2

15-01-2023	Distribution update	Detail
22-09-2017	Image insert
24-09-2013	Distribution update	Detail

Nuctenea silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835)